[MitchellC]

interesting how wording a question changes the outcome of a poll

I absolutely knew this had to be the case with the ABC News poll. Time and time again different polls on the same topic are shown to have very different results simply because of the differing assumptions made about the topic in the polls' wording. Either many people may not stop to think about this, and will accept the wording of the poll as authoritative, or the true meaning of the poll's results will be plainly misreported.

All week long certain posters have been using the ABC News poll to hurl insults at America. Instead of accepting the poll with a grain of salt (or not at all), they've been itching to promote their own sense of moral superiority. Reading some of the threads this week has been like taking a trip to DU or Indy Media.

[BurtTpa]

i think everyone is frustrated the phony question.
If the ABC had asked " If you had been abandoned
by your spouse , who had a fiancee plus two kids, and the spouse had cling-ed to guardianship in order to
avoid a lawsuit by my blood relatives plus place me in a hospice to save a few bucks on the malpractice trust money left " . The response would have been different !